Crossword WWii

One of the most audacious operations in the German conquest of Europe was the Air assault on crete
Iconic event largely due to Joe Rosenthals picture taken of the American flag being raised
______ was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944
___________ was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign
Allies broke out of Normandy and advanced rapidly across France and Belgium
When Britain and France declared war on Germany following the Nazi invasion of Poland
followed was the first major campaign fought by opposing air forces. For four months the German Luftwaffe carried out attacks on British airfields
__________ was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group's III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps and five mechanized corps of the Soviet 5th Army and 6th Army in the triangle
The largest naval battle in history
___________ longest continuous military campaign in World War II
_____________ fought during 4–8 May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia
Stalin aimed to drive back the invading German armies with an offensive that included more than a thousand tanks backed by 700 aircraft
the largest of the Philippine islands, fell to Japan in 1942
The last great carrier battle of WWII, the Battle of the _______________ happened as U.S. forces advanced across the Pacific
On the 30th of April Hitler killed himself rather than surrender, effectively ending the war in Europe